I said, ‘How did he -asws deal with the drinker of intoxicants?

I said, ‘How did he -asws deal with the drinker of intoxicants?’ He -asws said: ‘Similar to that’. I said, ‘Is the one who drinks intoxicants like the one who drinks alcohol?’ He -asws said: (yes, it’s the) ‘Same’. I considered that as great (major issue). He -asws said to me: ‘Do not consider that to be great, for Allah -azwj Who Sent Muhammad -saww as a Mercy to the Worlds, and Allah -azwj Enlightened His -azwj Prophet -saww with the best morality.

When He -azwj Completed it, He -azwj Placed to him -saww (the Religion). Allah -azwj Prohibited the alcohol, and the Rasool Allah -saww prohibited all intoxicants. Allah -azwj Permitted that for him -saww ; and Allah -azwj Sanctified Mecca, and the Rasool Allah -saww sanctified Al-Medina. Allah -azwj Permitted for him -saww all of that; and Allah -azwj Obligated the obligations from the ‘Ahl Al-Bayt’ (The Family of the Prophet -saww ) and that the Rasool Allah -saww included in it the ancestors.

Allah -azwj Permitted for him -saww all of that. Then he -asws said to him: ‘O Fazeyl, they have distorted ( Tahreef ), what have they distorted [4:80] Whoever obeys the Rasool, he indeed obeys Allah ’.

[46] حدثنا يعقوب بن يزيد عن زياد القندى عن عبد الله بن سنان عن ابى عبد الله عليه السلام قال قلت له كيف كان يصنع امير المؤمنين عليه السلام بشارب الخمر قال كان يحده قلت فان عاد قال يحده ثلث مرات فان عاد كان يقتله قلت فمن شرب الخمر كما شرب المسكر قال سواء فاستعظمت ذلك فقال لا تستعظم ذلك ان الله لما ادب نبيه انتدب ففوض إليه وان الله حرم مكة وان رسول الله حرم المدينة فاجاز الله له ذلك وان الله حرم الخمر وان رسول الله حرم المسكر فاجاز الله ذلك كله وان الله فرض الفرايض من الصلب وان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يطعم الجد فاجاز الله ذلك له ثم قال حرف وما حرف من يطع الرسول فقد اطاع الله It has been narrated to us by Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Zyad Al-Qindy, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, who has said: ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘How did Amir-ul-Momineen -asws deal with the drinker of alcohol?’ He -asws said: ‘He -asws limited it’.

I said, ‘And if he returned to it?’ He -asws said: ‘He -asws limited it three times, and if he returned to it, the penalty was death’. I said, ‘Is the one who drinks intoxicants like the one who drinks alcohol?’ He -asws said: ‘(Yes it’s the) Same’. I considered that as great (major issue). He -asws said to me: ‘Do not consider that to be great. When Allah -azwj Enlightened His -azwj Prophet -saww (with the best morality) and He -azwj Completed it, He -azwj Placed to him -saww (the Religion).